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System Of Venus – S/T – CD/DD 2013

18th January 20143rd September 2019 Caspian Yurisich Caspian Yurisich, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, System Of Venus

My general litmus test for new music is a C&C Red Alert 2 skirmish. Bay of Pigs map, 5 brutal

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Avatarium – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2013

17th January 20143rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Alex Varley, Atmospheric, Avatarium, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Leif Edling, LP, Nuclear Blast Records, Review, Self Titled

The so called ‘last album’ by Candlemass in 2012 was a harrowing reminder that the seemingly immortal bands so many

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Yuri Gagarin – S/T – LP/DD 2013

15th January 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2013, Digital, Heavy, Levande Begravd Records, LP, Psychedelic, Review, Ross Horton, Self Titled, Space Rock, Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin, according to all non-Biblical, non-religious sources, was the first human to enter space. He died in 1968. Now

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BongCauldron – S/T – CD/DD 2014

13th January 20143rd September 2019 Michael Collins 2014, BongCauldron, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Michael Collins, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Superhot Records

Over the recent years, it seems we in the UK can’t get enough of sucking on the fattened tits of

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Beast As God – S/T – CS/DD 2013

10th January 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Beast As God, Cassette, Crust, Digital, Hardcore, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Viral Age Records

Nottingham based Beast As God have a decent pedigree for plumbing the depths of the nastier side of the human

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Lizzard Wizzard – S/T – DD 2013

20th December 20133rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2013, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Johannes van der Meer, Lizzard Wizzard, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge

I like this. I liked this the second it came on and the first tunes hit my ears. For most

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Mantar – S/T – 7″ 2013

19th December 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, 7", Doom, Heavy, Mantar, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge

Mantar. There’s a name that conjures up images, mostly unwholesome if I’m honest. Sounds like a mythical beast, or possibly

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The Earls Of Mars – S/T – CD/DD 2013

17th December 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Candlelight Records, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Hard Rock, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Self Titled, The Earls Of Mars

Experimental musical collaborations can often go horribly wrong. All too often musicians with an inflated sense of self worth and

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Scorpion Child – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2013

16th December 20133rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2013, CD, Classic Rock, Dave Bowes, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Nuclear Blast Records, NWOBHM, Review, Scorpion Child, Self Titled

It always seems strange when Nuclear Blast release a rock record. Their cause-and-effect relationship with the likes of In Flames

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Solar Halos – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2014

15th December 20133rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2014, Blues Rock, CD, Devouter Records, Digital, Heavy Rock, Johannes van der Meer, LP, Review, Self Titled, Solar Halos

So is Solar Halos from Chapel Hill, North Carolina a supergroup one can wonder. As they consists of guitarist/vocalist Nora

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Ward – S/T – LP 2013

6th December 20133rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2013, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Johannes van der Meer, Johnny Park Avenue Records, LP, Pupu's Bistro, Rämekuukkeli Records, Review, Self Titled, Tuska & Ahdistus Records, Ward

Finland’s Ward have been at it since 2005 and this their self-titled album is sure to put them on the

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